Sat. Jun 13 The Trocadero ,Philadelphia

by Alli

All three members of SYSTEM OF A DOWN were on stage except singer Serj Tankian, as the intelligent words that explain the conceptual meaning of this unavoidable SYSTEM OF A DOWN was amplified throughout the sold out venue. The fourth member in place the puzzle was complete and they sparked their full-powered set off with 'Know'. Serj took some time to share his 'fuck the system' viewpoints about how our freedom is being wrongfully taken away from us ,which many people in the crowd including myself strongly agreed with. The Slayers fan's animosity began to brew during this brief interlude from their music. Then the guitar harmonics of 'Suite-Pee' set off the SYSTEM OF A DOWN fans in the crowd. At this point the die-hard Slayer fans in the over 21 balcony were full-on. SYSTEM OF A DOWN joined in with the Slayer chant stating that they are the biggest fucking Slayer fans in the place. With the crowd somewhat pacified and dumbfounded by the band's clever reaction they kicked into 'Sugar'. Guitar player Daron slipped in a high-pitched "Slayer!" into the slot of the usual high-pitched "Sugar!" within the chorus. Serj spilled his philosophical proverbs schizophrantically adding that the devil is so pretty, conveniently setting up their song 'DDevil'. With singer Serj telling us repeatedly to look at each other and with a quick mentioning that free thinkers are dangerous, Shavo led into the brain -crunching 'Mind' with his tantalizing bass line. Announcing that they were SYSTEM OF A DOWN, they were going to be playing Ozzfest, and their album release date the guitar chokes of 'War' took over. Giving it up one last time for tour mates Slayer they closed their set with the start and stop dynamics of 'Darts'. SYSTEM OF A DOWN's energy on stage was inescapable. I'm sure they picked up many new fans after their flawless set. They blew me the fuck away!! I needed my anxiously awaited fill of their killer sound. They are so god damn addicting!!!!! Here's the setlist:

Know
Suite-Pee
Sugar
DDevil
Mind
War
Darts